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FIRE MANAGEMENT
National Interagency Fire Center
NIFC Situation Report — Thursday, April 15, 2004
Preparedness Level 1
Initial attack was light nationally on Wednesday, with 89 new fires reported. Two new large fires were reported and contained, one each in the East and the Northern Rockies.
Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Georgia and Wisconsin.
National Resource Commitments
| Day |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
|
Date |
4/9 |
4/10 |
4/11 |
4/12 |
4/13 |
4/14 |
4/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crews |
9 |
15 |
22 |
7 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
|
Engines |
61 |
70 |
89 |
32 |
60 |
46 |
36 |
|
Helicopters |
9 |
7 |
13 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
|
Air Tankers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Overhead |
192 |
224 |
269 |
113 |
178 |
76 |
100 |
National Team Commitments
|
State |
Type Team |
Team IC |
Fire/Location |
Acres 4/14 |
Acres |
Percent Contain |
Est. Full Contain |
|
FL |
T1 |
Ferguson |
East Fork Fire, Florida National Forests |
19,878 |
26,279 |
90% |
4/16 |
OPERATIONAL NOTES
Law Enforcement and Emergency Services
2004 Police Week Events
The events of police week this year will take place from May 12th to May 15th. This year the NPS will memorialize two fallen officers from years past — U.S. Park Police officer William J. Grissam, who was killed on March 20, 1932 by a hit and run driver while on bicycle patrol in Washington, D.C., and park ranger Duane P. McClure, who drowned on May 22, 1980 during a solo canoe patrol in Yellowstone.
The following activities are being planned to commemorate McClure and Grissam in addition to the other NPS rangers and officers who have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty:
Date TBD
Event: Wreath laying ceremony with U.S. Park Police Honor Guard Location: Auditorium, Main Interior BuildingTime: To be announced. Contact: SAC Pat Buccello or Major Sal Lauro
May 12
Event: Police Unity Tour arrival and ceremony Time: 2:00 p.m.Location: Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, Washington.Contact: Manassas NBP Chief Ranger Gil Goodrich, 703-754-1504
May 13
Event: NPS law enforcement officers reception — a social gathering of Park Police officers and NPS law enforcement rangers and surviving family members. Time: 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.Location: USPP aircraft hanger, AnacostiaContact: Henry Berberich, 202-205-9142, or Gil Goodrich, 703-754-8694
Event: Candlelight vigilTime: 8:00 p.m. Location: Law Enforcement Officers MemorialContact: SAC Pat Buccello, 202-513-7131, or Major Sal Lauro, 202-438-1604
May 15
Event: 23rd annual National Peace Officers' Memorial serviceTime: Noon Location: West front of the United States CapitolContact: SAC Pat Buccello or Major Sal Lauro
The uniform of the day for these solemn ceremonies will be the full winter service uniform. Duty belts are optional for off-duty officers and rangers who are in travel status.
More information may be obtained through the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Foundation website at www.nleomf.org.[Submitted by Pat Buccello, Special Agent in Charge]
NPS Office at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Photos of Rangers Sought
The NPS Law Enforcement Training Center is developing a recruitment brochure for commissioned park rangers and is in dire need of contemporary high-quality photos of commissioned personnel performing the many duties of their positions, including law enforcement, EMS, wildland and structural firefighting, SAR, public contact, contact with school groups, boat patrol, ski patrol — the whole spectrum. Your assistance is solicited.
Rights to the photos must belong to the NPS, or be granted to the NPS, and the photos must be of top quality. Digital photos can be sent to Greg_Jackson@nps.gov. For prints and slides, please send an email before sending the photos.
[Submitted by Greg Jackson, Lead Instructor]
Submission standards for the Morning Report can be found on the left side of the front page of InsideNPS. All reports should be submitted via email to Bill Halainen at Delaware Water Gap NRA, with a copy to your regional office and a copy to Dennis Burnett in Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO.
Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.